Spirit of God

Fire.  Wind.  Forces that can be destructive.

We compare the Spirit of God to fire.  To wind.  Spirit of God, descend upon my heart.  I was reading a sermon at Reflectionary.  Martha talked about how we think that is a gentle vision -- God coming.

But fire can be violent.  Wind can be disturbing.  Do we really think God will always be calm and gentle.  Do we realize when we pray for the Spirit to come into our lives that our plans might be changed?  That our peaceful existence could be blown apart?

Spirit of God, Descend upon my heart.

Do we really mean it?

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